An informant working for the FBI coordinated a 2012 campaign of hundreds of cyberattacks on foreign websites. President Barack Obama said in Japan that new sanctions are “teed up” for deployment against Russia.

Malware is back on the prowl, with 17,000 new Android malware species detected in the second quarter. A survey of American teens found 51% who use mobile apps say they have avoided downloading an app because of privacy concerns.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is set to tap a top executive at computer security giant McAfee, a unit of Intel, as the next official to head its cybersecurity division, several people familiar with the matter said.

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